The big explosion, again (part 3)

Later, that same night, Bulma was tired of doing nothing, she looked around her room, the floor was full of old magazines and notebooks and she decided to try some of the new designs she had for the battle droids that she had been preparing the last weeks while she was hidden in her room.

She went to the lab and started working on the blueprints, it was late but she was feeling great, as usual, she always enjoyed working there. It was relaxing to have to focus just on data and forget about other matters.

Vegeta was thinking more or less the same. It was so much easier to train than to try to understand what had just happened in the shower. He had enjoyed it, no doubt about that, but that was confusing as well. It was probably that it had been too long since he had been so close to a woman. Although, he had to admit that if the woman had been someone else, like Kakarot´s mate, he would not have been so tempted. Why on earth Kakarot lived with that woman was beyond his understanding. He decided to increase the strain on his already tired muscles with a bit more gravity. He had to be better than Kakarot, that was all that matter.

If only men could be as droids, Bulma fumed angrily, she could not stop thinking about the skin of a certain prince. She was sure that there was nothing as complicated as men in this world or in any other. Saiyans technically were not like "human men" but it was just the same, Bulma was unable to understand them. She had the idea that she knew Vegeta, even if it was true that apart from his name and royal rank she barely knew any other data regarding him, but he seemed simple enough. I mean, he was obviously obsessed with beating Goku and training, becoming super saiyan was probably top of his list of priorities too, and eating was more of a necessity than anything else. But apart from that it seemed like the world didn´t exist. And then there were moments like the one she had just lived that confused her, and there were the dreams. Once, she had heard him mumbling in his sleep, he was talking to his father and she was so curious, he seemed almost vulnerable back then. Bulma pressed a button and tried to make the droid work. She was frustrated. She pressed harder. That piece had to fit there. The button flashed a dangerous red and Bulma hit it hard ignoring the warning light.

A pair of masked men had entered capsule corp. They sneaked into the house and followed the noise Bulma was making by hitting the droid with the heel of her shoe. The men opened the door a little bit so they could see her shouting to the piece of metal and chips.

-"You are surely a male droid, how come you can´t be fixed? What is wrong with you lot?"- She was yelling at the top of lungs.

The men looked at each other surprised. They had heard the stories about the weird girl of the Briefs, but they have also heard about the money the family had thanks to the capsule inventions, and that was what they were after. The fact that she was also pretty made it all easier. They knew she was alone; her parents were out for a scientific convention in the city. The perfect moment, and the perfect plan. One prepared a bag for her and they entered in the lab with menacing faces.

-"Raise your hands and do not move, we are not going to hurt you if you follow our orders"- one of the men said

-"More men telling me what to do?"- Bulma was yelling but she has not stopped hitting the droid with her shoe-"Why me?"

-"Stop that noise right now"- Ordered one of the men

-"Make me"- she answered

The men looked at each other again; it was hard to believe that she was not scared, not a little bit. The first man started to walk towards her, but a fast shadow flickered near the door.

-"I wouldn´t dare if I were you, but of course, I wouldn´t try to kidnap her, she is more trouble than you can handle, it is virtually impossible to shut her up"- Vegeta said leaning in the door frame

-"We have guns"- said one of the kidnappers

-"So?"- Vegeta wasn´t impressed-"get lost"

-"We do not want to hurt you, follow our orders and we…."-the man started just to be interrupted by both Bulma and Vegeta

-"I do not take order from anyone"- they yelled at the same time and then they share a surprised look

-"This is all a mistake, I told you, it was too easy"- said one of the men to his companion

-"We came for her and we won´t leave without her"- Replied the other

-"Yes, you will leave now, and unless she wants to leave, she will stay"- Vegeta stated-"now, I am getting bored, get out, you know where is the exit"

Bulma was kind of impressed by the fact that Vegeta had not blasted them already; it was a nice feeling to think that he had restrained his killer instincts for once. The men were slowly retreating and she was smiling happily, with a shoe on her right hand when she saw Vegeta´s brow moving.

-"What is that awful sound?"- He demanded, the men ran away as fast as they could

-"What? What sound?"- Bulma looked around and then she saw the droid and its red light-"oh, that sound, ok. That is the warning sign to let us know that the droid is about to explode"

-"Stupid woman, why did you hit it with a shoe?"- Vegeta asked

-"I had nothing better at hand"- She answered calmly-"Don´t you think that we should get away now?"

Vegeta sensed the danger and grabbed her, the droid was about to blow the whole lab into oblivion, so they better hurry. His feet left the floor and he was soon flying to the living room with Bulma in his arms. It was a nice feeling to carry her, she felt soft and warm, but right now his concern was escaping the blast before it could hurt her.

The droid exploded and half of the contents of the lab ended up in the garden, next to the gravity room. Vegeta woke up and tried to disentangle himself from the mess of droid´s limbs and grass where he was lying. He looked around and saw her. She seemed to be okay, sitting nearby and grabbing her head with her hands.

-"Are you happy now?"- He asked her, but she seemed deaf, she was looking at him with sad bamby eyes, he started to worry.

-"I can´t hear you, I think it is because of the blast, I have a sound inside my ears, it is like the engine of a rocket."- she yelled.

-"Stupid woman, first she had to fight a droid with a shoe, then she was almost kidnapped by a pair of useless muggers, and finally she ends up deaf…no wonder scarface dumped her."- Vegeta mused, he tried to stand up but he felt a great pain in his left leg and fall back again-"What is going on?"